"We envision this conference as a working conference. We hope you will offer your ideas." So said Michele Genor, Assistant Professor of Education in the Department of Curriculum and Teaching and the interim director of the Professional Development School (PDS) program at Teachers College, in welcoming those in attendance at the May 30th PDS Conference and 4th Annual Sharing Fair.
Published: 9/1/2002

The Enid and Lester Morse Endowed Professorship in Teacher Education has been awarded to Ruth Vinz, former Chair of the Department of Arts and Humanities, Interim Dean during the Fall academic year 2001-2002, and Professor of English Education. Published: 9/1/2002

John Klingenstein, who has been a Trustee since 1979, and has served as Vice Chair since 1997, recently announced that he and his family were establishing The Klingenstein Family Chair for the Advancement of Independent School Education. The first recipient of the chair will be Associate Professor Pearl Rock Kane.
Published: 9/1/2002

Richard Lee Colvin, an award-winning education writer with the Los Angeles Times, this summer will become deputy director of the Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media at Teachers College, Columbia University.
Published: 5/31/2002

Assistant Secretary for the Department of Education Susan B. Neuman addressed seminar participants in the "Putting Children First" fellowship program hosted by the Center for Children and Families.
Published: 9/1/2002

According to Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Virginia and Leonard Marx Professor of Child and Parent Development and Education, "We looked at 17 Early Head Start sights across the country and randomly assigned children to a control group, or to receive the Early Head Start services at their site, and then we evaluated whether or not the children who were in Head Start looked different than did the children who were in the control group." Published: 9/1/2002

After Drexel University's School of Education won the University's Departmental Award for 2001-2002, Dr. Fredricka K. Reisman, Director of the School of Education, decided to spend their stipend on a trip to Teachers College to discuss the creative prevention of school violence, emotional intelligence, and the arts.
Published: 9/1/2002

Professor Fran Schoonmaker, Marion Boultbee, Director of International Services, and David Ment, Head of Special Collections and Associate Director of the Milbank Library, met with a delegation of educators from China's Nanjing Normal University. Published: 9/1/2002

TC hosted the Second International Symposium of Hispanic Presence in the U.S. in collaboration with several Hispanic cultural institutions including the Spanish Consulate and the Instituto Cervantes of New York. Published: 9/1/2002

In its annual rankings of "Top 100 Degree Producers," Black Issues in Higher Education listed Teachers College, Columbia University, as the number one institution awarding master's degrees in psychology to Asian-American students in the school year 2000-2001. Published: 6/20/2002

Though it isn't a large number, 10 percent of the New York City public schools are good schools, Hemphill said at the TC BookTalk about her guidebook, New York City's Best Public High Schools: A Parent's Guide (TC Press). Published: 9/1/2002